I have been trying to get past the Hard AI on Ettenmoors and failing miserably. It was consistently overpowering me at about the fifteen minute mark with sheer numbers of infantry and later mixing in siege. I was not able to expand sufficiently to support much economy, so I lost the unit production game. I was having difficulty growing because of the barrow wright creeps in the corners of the map. But I got archers up there and finished those guys off. Then I took the outpost and built a steelworks on it and made my units me lee attack more powerful. Near the end it was several level five berserkers with the forged blades tearing down buildings. They’re just so good. I gained control of both outposts mid way through, and by then I was hammering. Good game. Just had to be aggressive. Lots of pikes against Rohan and you’ll do fine. I started wining the middle once the forged blades were available. And my economy was roaring by then.
Map: Ettenmoors
Gametime 28:06
Players
Isengard: Egregious
Rohan: Hard
Units
Isengard: 555
Rohan: 1097
Units Lost
Isengard: 473
Rohan: 1187
Unit Kill / Death Ratio
Isengard: 2.34
Rohan: 0.49
Units Killed
Isengard: 1107
Rohan: 577
Maximum Income Rate Per Minute
Isengard: 1606.54
Rohan: 1417.86
Resources Gathered
Isengard: 44983
Rohan: 39700